Originally Posted by
Mrs. Watson
The first woman John took up with was Ann Kurth, a VAVAVOOM divorcee he met at a summer camp both their sons were attending. Ann was in a canoe with her boys when John paddled up, alone in his own canoe. He asked to take some pictures, stood up in the canoe and promptly was dumped in the drink. He got up from the water, dripping wet, still taking pictures.
He left Joan, briefly, for Ann. Ann, for all her physical charms, was a bit of a wack. He and Joan reconciled, and Joan was hopeful. She was still in love with John. Although John moved back home with Joan, he continued to see Ann at every opportunity. Ann hated this arrangement. Joan was dead, shortly thereafter and within two weeks of burying his wife, John had applied for a marriage license and he and Ann were married.
John was one very weird dude. He admitted to Joan that he was a virgin when they married and only enjoyed sex if it was illegal or immoral. Joan told him that wasn't normal and he agreed and she pledged to help him with overcoming it. The only problem, she could never get him in the sack.
He had a brother, Julian, who also went to Baylor Medical School, as did John. Julian became a psychatrist and he harbored deep secrets. Julian was a homosexual, something his Pentecostal religion frowned upon. Julian could never reconcile this and hung himself.
John was obsessed with classical music and built an elaborate, state of the art music room in their home. It contained a Bossendorger piano, in addition to a Yamaha grand. It was the size of a hotel ballroom with a double height ceiling; the walls were satin brocade in gold and white, glimmering above the parquet floor. It boasted a library of over 2000 albums, the sound system costing over $20,000, with over four miles of wiring. It even had a movie screen. The cost of building the entire room exceeded $100,000. Keep in mind, it was 1969.